Decontamination of Nuclear Components Through the Use of Foams

Prediction of Pressure Losses in Pipe Flow of Aqueous Foams

“…The method of volume equalization developed by these researchers implies that the flow data, for foams characterized by a range of E at various pressures, can be reduced to a master equation relating foam stress to the shear rate, with the help of ε. The method of volume equalization has been verified with pipe flow data of power-law shear thinning foams by various authors. − …”

“…However, many general characteristics of foam rheology are known. Foams display shear-thinning behavior − and often a yield stress is reported; ,,− hence, typically a Herschel−Bulkley model is fitted to experimental flow data.…”

“…12.5−33 0.01−0.5 τ = τ y + k γ̇ 1 13.5−17.5 Enzendorfer et al 1.92−3.3 5−1000 τ = k γ̇ n 2.5 0.34 Boissonnet et al 5−6 10−10 000 τ = k γ̇ n 0.26 0.6 Gardiner et al …”